ge-emnettan
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Voc. ii. 133, 7. to make equal Beóð ealle þá fers geemnytte be ánum getele, Ælfc. Gr.
DREÓSAN
To rush, fall, perish ⬩ cadĕre, ruĕre
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Druron dómleáse they fell ingloriously, Andr. Kmbl. 1989; An. 997. Swylgþ seó gitsung ða dreósendan wélan ðisses middangeardes avarice swallows the perishable riches of this earth, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 13: Bt. Met. Fox 7, 32; Met. 7, 16
hrycg-hǽr
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of an animal Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr and tæglhǽr ða ýtemestan on síðfæte bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð if you have with you on a journey hairs from a wolf's back and from the tip of its tail, without fear
big-gyrdel
A belt, girdle ⬩ a purse, public purse, treasury ⬩ zōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus
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A belt, girdle, and as girdles were used to carry money, hence, a purse, public purse, treasury; zōna = ζώνη, saccus = σάκκos, fiscus Næbbe ge feoh on eówrum bígyrdlum nolite possidere pecuniam in zonis vestris, Mt. Bos. 10, 9.
slǽtan
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B. 17 the form is sleat. ], bait, set dogs on, hunt with dogs Man slætte ǽnne fearr, and se fear arn him tógeánes, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 72
stíþe
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[Hou thai mai stithe stand igain the fend, Met. Homl. 4, 11.] hardly, harshly, sternly, severely Hú stíðe ( dure ) se landhláford spræc wið hig, Gen. 42, 30. Him ðæt stíðe geald fædera Lothes, Cd. Th. 125, 15 ; Gen. 2079. austerely, strictly, Homl.
be-lǽwan
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A. 99, 254. a thing Sum leógere belǽwde ꝥ feoh, Hml. S. 25, 756
fæstnes
stability ⬩ tenacity ⬩ resolution ⬩ vigour ⬩ firmness
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Sameramis féng tó þám ríce mid mycelre fæstnesse (réþnesse, v. l.) and wrǽnnesse (cf. Ors. 1, 2; S. 30, 14-35), Ors. 1, 2 tit.; Th. 513, 4
geong-lic
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Hé féng tó ríce on iunglicre ylde, Hml. S. 18, 459. Geonglica lima iuuenilia membra, Scint. 144, 4. ¶ used substantively, a young person, a juvenile :-- Understand þú geonglic ꝥ ic wyð þé nu gerímige, Angl. viii. 307, 39
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ge-wand
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Ic eów bidde ꝥ gé búton gewande dón swá ic eów bebeode, 161. fear of a person Þæt hý for ðǽre sceame and for gewande þára þe him on lóciað gebeterede sýn ut visi ab omnibus vel pro ipsa verecundia sua emendentur, R. Ben. 68, 18
láþettan
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For 'To be odious . . . hate' substitute: to abhor, execrate, hate, hold in detestation Þíne goda ic láðette and him teónan dó ego diis tuis abominationem feci Angl. xvii. 116, 4.
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sǽ
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Add Saga mé hú fela is woruldwætra. Ic ðé secge twá sindon sealte sǽ, and twá fersce, Sal. K. 186, 25. Add Andlang strǽte on Scoffoces sǽ, C. D. i. 258, 4
hláford-swica
A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord
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A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf hé him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan hé beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24.
fisc-noþ
fishing ⬩ a fishing-ground ⬩ a catch
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On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá fela gelæhte þæt þæt net tóbærst . . . On ðǽm æftran fixnoðe wurdon gelæhte manega fixas, and þæt net swá þeáh áðolode. Hml. Th. ii. 290, 5-21.
leóht
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; S. 244, 15. easy, not offering difficulty to what is to be done to one Swá mycclum swá þæs mannes gecynd unmihtigre wæs, swá hit wæs leóhtre tó miltsunge homo quanto fragilior in natura, tanto facilior ad veniam, Angl. viii. 4, 36. easy to do Þá fét
here-cumbol
A military signal
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Tacitus, Germania c. 3: 'As their line shouts, they inspire or feel alarm. It is not so much an articulate sound, as a general cry of valour.
á-blácian
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Substitute: to turn pale from fear, weakness, &c. Hé dranc átor, and ne áblácode, Shrn. 32, 24. Ðonne hé his síðfæt gemunde, ðonne áblácode hé eall and ábifode, 52, 2. I a. to grow faint :-- Áblácode emarcuit, elanguit, Wrt.
earglíce
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Þú earhlíce ( with fear and trembling ) scealt gyltas þíne bemurnan, Dóm. L. 30, 54. v. arhlíce in Dict
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ge-lástfull
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Þá Olimpias þæt geáscade, þæt þæs folces wæs swá fela tó him gecirred, þá ne getriéwde hió þæt hiere wolde se óðer dǽl gelástful beón, ac hió fleáh tó ðǽm fæstenne audito aduentu Cassandri, Olympias, diffisa Macedonibus, in urbem concedit, Ors. 3, 11;